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| Bouncy Road |
| See that ball bouncing down the road? You wouldn't want to let it fall...would you? |
 Rhythm Heaven Megamix
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Bouncy Road (ホッピングロード?, Hopping Road) is the 1st Rhythm Game of Stage 5 (25th overall) in Rhythm Tengoku and the 1st of Shop No. 1 (91st overall), costing 5 Flow Balls, in Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
The arrange version, Hopping Road 2, appears in Last Technician of Rhythm Tengoku.
Gameplay[]
In this game, Urakata Aki to Ki need the player's help to bounce the balls along the long, curving stretch of circular platforms against a dark blue gradient. From the furthest platform, a ball spawns and begins to bounce along each of the platforms getting closer and closer to the screen. At the center and closest part of the screen is a yellow pole alongside a red pole, each holding platforms. As the ball approaches, it bounces along the other platforms in rhythm, until finally approaching the yellow and red poles, where the player must press Ⓐ then ✚ to bounce the ball across. The balls bounce at varying speeds, and in the latter half of the game, they appear in sets of two or three at a time.
Controls[]
- Ⓐ/Tap: Bounce Yellow Pole
- ✚/Tap: Bounce Red Pole
Timing Display[]
- Perfect!/Ace!: The ball bounces on the poles and continues its journey.
- Early!/Late!: In Rhythm Tengoku, the ball bounces on the poles a bit off the beat, potentially in midair. There is no visual or auditory indication that the player missed unless they are going for a perfect challenge. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, it is impossible to time it as such[citation needed].
- Miss...: The ball bounces off the pole and falls into the water.
Results[]
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かぜのウワサ (The Wind's Gossip) |
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きほんが できてないよね。(Focus on the basics.) 連続ジャンプで ミスが目立ちすぎよね。(Your mistakes stand out on continuous hops.) |
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う〜ん．．．(Hmm...) まぁまぁ、 かな。(Well, I wonder.) とりあえず．．．(For now...) よしと します。(All right.) |
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連続ジャンプが ファンタスティックだわ！(The continuous hops are fantastic!) いい判断だったよね！(You had good timing!) |
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You, uh, dropped many of us. You panicked when we came down in a group. |
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Eh. Passable. |
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Thanks for helping us along! Even when there were lots of us, you kept your cool. |
Epilogue[]
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| なかなか ムズカシー！ | けっこうな コンビネーションだったネ！ | かんたん かんたん♪ |
| (Pretty difficult-!) | (That was quite a combination!) | (Easy easy♪) |
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| Ow. | Nice combo! | Where's the challenge? |
Rhythm Item[]
| Apparatus | Childhood's End |
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I bought this for my son because I heard it was the big, popular toy this year. It turns out that it's even MORE popular with adults. They build these huge structures and hold tournaments and stuff! |
Skill Star[]
The Skill Star appears at the midpoint of the game, where one medium and one fast ball appear.
Challenge Land[]
Bouncy Road appears in the following Challenge Train courses:
Appearances[]
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Trivia[]
- This game's Practice is one of the few in Rhythm Tengoku that doesn't explain the controls to the player via text. It received a tutorial in the arcade version, in addition to the original Practice. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, the Practice was reworked to include an explanation instead.
- The Practice in Rhythm Tengoku doesn't feature any music, instead having the ambient noise of a street.
- Strangely, the epilogue to this game in Rhythm Heaven Megamix has Urakata Aki to Ki always smiling, while in Rhythm Tengoku, they have different expressions.
In Other Languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
ホッピングロード | Hopping Road |
 EnglishNOA |
Bouncy Road | |
 EnglishNOE |
Bouncy Road | |
 French |
Tempo mécano | Mechanic tempo |
 Spanish |
Bolas saltarinas | Jumping balls |
 German |
Klackerkugeln | Clackerballs |
 Italian |
Strada salterina | Street jumping |
 Korean |
통통 로드 | Tonk-Tonk Road |
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